Drew Turns One! (and other happenings)

How can our baby be one already? This year has gone by so quickly. I don't know what it is about first birthdays but they are rather bittersweet for me. I find myself remembering the day he was born and trying to remember every detail. Like holding on to all the little details of the day will keep him small.

Today I was digging in the kids art supply closet and a tower of coloring books fell out. I didn't have time to be irritated because Drew laughed so long and hard about it that I had no choice but to laugh too!

He is in constant motion. We are amazed at how quickly he crawls around the house, up the stairs, into the bottom of cupboards, coffee tables and end tables! We have decided that "Dash" is a fitting nickname for him.

We will celebrating his birthday in a few weeks so he'll have to wait to try that first bite of cake!

In other happenings all three kids had tonsillitis while Josh was out of town. I brought Drew in at 4:00 on Wednesday and the doctor was hesitant to let him go home. After promising I would bring him back if I couldn't get him to take the antibiotic that night, my phone rang. My friend that was watching Lauren and Will called to let me know Lauren had a fever of 102. A quick call back to the doctor and I had another prescription for Lauren.

After profuse apologies to my friend Whitney for the illness her family would soon endure, I noticed Will had a fever. Another call to the doctor and another trip to the pharmacy. (That is three prescriptions for antibiotics and three trips to the pharmacy in three hours. ) I decided that the pharmacy should have a "Buy three antibiotics, get a bottle of Valium or Xanax free".

Needless to say it was a rough few days and nights. I am so glad that my parents were around to help me out! We are all starting to feel better.